Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 156. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $230. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 510-470 BC. AR Nomos (7.51 g, 12h). Barley ear of seven grains / Incuse barley ear of six grains. Noe 188; HN Italy 1482. Near VF, toned, a little rough, slightly ragged flan. Extremely rare, Noe records only one other example, in the Curinga Hoard.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex UBS 59 (29 January 2004), lot 5183 (part of).